. "2016-08-20T00:00:00"^^ . . "0"^^ . "0"^^ . "4"^^ . "I tried this place last night based on the reviews here. We ordered their sushi platter ($89), green tea, tempura and some sake. First and foremost, the service was fantastic. I would go back here based on that alone. The tempura was meh. The batter ruined it for me. But the fish was pretty good - it had some good o-toro and chutoro, and Hokkaido scallops! The uni from the platter was Chilean which had a bit of a metallic aftertaste; it looked like Japanese uni but wasn't quite the same. I enjoyed it nonetheless. And the crab sushi was actual real crab! Previously frozen but good nonetheless :)\n\nThe rice was a bit mushy for me and just barely seasoned (if it was at all). This was in stark contrast to a recent visit to Shoushin where the rice was very noticeably grainy (not to say it was bad but I could feel every single grain of rice while I was chewing it). I think i would prefer something in between. And I tried to eat the sushi with my chopsticks initially but decided to wash my hand again and use my hands instead - holding and dipping just the fish in the soy sauce was much easier with your hands. The rice absorbed just too much soy sauce. \n\nI would come back and try their sashimi only and skip the sushi - even if the o-toro was delicious and it was a great value. The rice annoyed me that much. And order the o-toro sashimi in addition :)\n\nBut yes, come here. I would come back! I also wish i knew what this mysterious Aoyama VIP room is two doors down from this main room... Oh and since I didn't see it mentioned, the washroom area is kind of cute with all the hello kitty images and how it evolved through the years. I haven't seen that before and it was interesting :)"^^ . "0"^^ . .